Speaking in Tongues: A Critical Comment about the Comments

When Sikivu Hutchinson of Black Skeptics posted my blog on July 27, 2012, I was pleasantly surprised by the many supportive comments and feedback. With the exception of a few “holy rollers” who told me that they were going to pray for me, my blog “There is No Wipe-Out Story,” was widely accepted. However, as I reviewed the comments, I found a very interesting thing at work in the comments section from nonbelievers or atheists: many wanted to know “more” about “my story.” At first I didn’t totally understand what “more” they wanted to know. I found this question, or need to know more a little ironic, because they were doing the very thing that I wrote about. They wanted to know many intricate details to chronicle “what happened” to change my mind, to make me go from believer to nonbeliever. I guess what I said in the blog was not enough: basically, over many years, I just stopped believing in God. Normally, it is believers who want to know more about this subject, but this time, it was mostly the nonbelievers or the atheists who had the probing questions. There was even one commentator who contacted me on Facebook ™ and presented me with the following comment/question:

“I am fascinated that there seems to be fewer minorities who are atheist and why is that. I’m guessing that part of the reason many in ‘the black community’ stay religious is that churches were involved in Civil Rights [sic] and the Moses myth is used to stand for liberation. But the Bible says ‘Slaves, obey your masters.’”
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